RFI for the Availability of Electric Buses

Trade Agreement: CETA / WTO-AGP / CPTPP / CFTA / FTAs with Peru / Colombia / Panama / Korea
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: N/A - P&A/LOI Only
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

E60HP-20EBUS/A
Serra, Donna
Telephone No. - (613) 297-2635 
donna.serra@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca

Request for Information on the availability of Electric, Hybrid and Alternative Fuel Powertrain Buses

Purpose of the Request for Information
Public Services and Procurement Canada(PSPC) is launching a Request for Information (RFI) in order to seek information and feedback from suppliers and the industry with regard to the availability of Electric, hybrid and Alternative Fuel Powertrain Buses, as described herein.

The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to achieve the following:

a) Provide industry with an early opportunity to assess, comment and suggest changes to the Department’s Electric, hybrid and Alternative Fuel Powertrain Buses and bus procurement strategy in order to procure Electric and Alternative Fuel Powertrain Buses; (detailed in Annex 1) 

b)  Determine the capability of suppliers to provide Electric,hybrid and Alternative Fuel Powertrain Buses; (detailed in Annex 1)  

c)   Obtain supplier feedback on any issues that would impact their ability to bid on any Solicitations and/or deliver on the department’s requirements for Electric,hybrid and Alternative Fuel Powertrain Buses; (detailed in Annex 1)

d)  Gather industry knowledge, expertise and recommendations with regard to best practices that would increase the success of the acquisition of Electric,hybrid and Alternative Fuel Powertrain Buses and/or identify any risks that would impact the ability to acquire these Vehicles.

e)  Enhance competition, access and fairness of the resulting solicitation, while reducing acquisitions costs by leveraging departmental business volumes, build stronger relationships with the supplier community, improve procurement delivery lead times and increase competition, openness and transparency.
 
Nature of the RFI
This is not a bid solicitation. This RFI will not result in the award of any contract. As a result, potential suppliers of any goods or services described in this RFI should not reserve stock or facilities, nor allocate resources, as a result of any information contained in this RFI. Nor will this RFI result in the creation of any source list. Therefore, whether or not any potential supplier responds to this RFI, this will not preclude that supplier from participating in any future procurement. Also, the procurement of any of the goods and services described in this RFI will not necessarily follow this RFI. This RFI is simply intended to solicit information and feedback from industry with respect to the matters described in this RFI.

Nothing in this RFI will be construed as a commitment from PSPC to issue a solicitation for this requirement. PSPC may use non-proprietary information provided in this review and/or in the preparation of any formal solicitation document.

PSPC will not be bound by anything stated herein and reserves the right to change at any time, any or all parts of the requirement, as it deems necessary. PSPC also reserves the right to revise its procurement approach, as it considers appropriate, either based upon information submitted in response to this RFI or for any other reason it deems appropriate. 

Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.




Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.